Individual and organizational predictors of depression in general practitioners

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 435, 1998, Pages 1647-1651

  Firth Cozens, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; General practitioners; Questionnaire survey; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SIBLING; SLEEP PATTERN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; WORKING TIME;

COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031721586     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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